12/31/2014 - Hello all, is the winner. Thank you everyone for your support. Have a wonderful New Year

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I have always enjoyed any domestic-related work, let it be decorating my home, collecting antiques (items ranging from A-Z), spending time in my beautiful garden, cooking, baking and whatever else (People often call me Martha Jr. lol...) But those activities has always been with amateurish results.

After a few years here on dA, i have grown so much! I am able to grow as much as I have - It is because of YOU! All of your feedback, your constant support and comments, I really don't think it is possible without you guys!

Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart I wish you know how much I appreciate you!

As some of you know, I have been working with Jelly Belly Candy Company for the past couple of months. Yesterday, they posted photos I took for their spring collection on three different websites. Please see links:

Another great news for me personally is that i was hired again by Jelly Belly Candy company (their official website - jellybelly.com/) for shooting their Spring, Easter, Mother's Day and Jelly Belly food tutorials photos. Did you know April 22nd, 2014 in USA is National Jelly Bean Day (www.cute-calendar.com/event/na…). I too am responsible for the ad. photo campaign.

I hope everyone is doing well and i want to thank you for your friendship, they mean a lot to me......More than you know....

i do feel blessed...As i express my gratitude, i must never forget that my highest appreciation is not just utter empty words, but to live by them.

so...this project wrapped today, i thought i would share the good news with you guys...i was hired by Jelly Belly Candy Company shooting commercial photos for them for their new product lines. Here is a en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_Be… for this wonderful company. From concept to the finished images, they were 100% of my original creations (it is extremely flattering Jelly Belly gave me the freedom for the element of the artistic executions and their full trust in me. i could not have worked for a better company). Based upon the signed contract, Jelly Belly was committed to purchase 3 images, but they ended up purchasing 8 images in total. Needless to say i am extremely happy, more importantly my kids are so proud of me! When you see their new commercial ad. in print in the coming months, you can easily say..."I totally know the photographer who took the photos". Cool eh!!

they sent me nearly 15 pounds of these tasty samples, i plan on donate all of them to American Cancer Society (they are having a local baked goods and candy sales), 10 pounds of the Jelly Belly Beans will be donated in the name of Kim-s-schultza (note: she deleted her account recently) brilliant artist, please stop by her gallery and say hello...

btw, theresa helmer photography website is being developed even as we speak, when it is up and running, i will let you guys know...i am moving forward becoming a professional food photographer. i know i will have your support all the way.

First I would like to thank everyone who has supported me on the daily basis. They mean so much to me ( a handmade necklace give-away is coming up this week). To encourage everyone to check me out (Hehe follow me...) on Tubmlr, I will post images on Tumblr where you will not find here on dA.

Come on...share with us...send a link or two please (if they are available of course). If you happen to love the suggested links, it would be awfully lovely of you to say a quick thank-you ...(One can never be too polite right?). So far i am deliriously happy that i posted this journal, so many great links sent by you guys already....YAY......!

I woke up this morning to this horrific news, I felt sick to my stomach, the instant pain and the acute sadness are unbearable! www.chicagotribune.com/news/ch…. I am so deeply sorry...for all those little faces who left us. Adults too. I can only wonder for those parents who kissed their beautiful child good-bye for a lovely day at school...Now this! One child said "I only want Xmas. I don't want to die!"

I feel the need to talk about this, let's talk about this insanity that makes no sense at all.

But...the day like today I still chose to believe this is a beautiful world. "Heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds"